Valerie A. Luzadis
Associate Professor
307 Bray Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
(315) 470-6693
vluzadis@syr.edu

• Vita
• Forest & Natural Resources Policy Group

Highest Education:

Ph.D., SUNY ESF (Forest Policy and Economics), 1997.

Areas of Study:

Natural Resources Policy and Values; Ecological Economics

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Economics - FOR 207

Ecological Economics and Policy - FOR 770

Research Methods for Natural Resources - FOR 695

Most Recent Publications:

Solomon, Barry D. and Valerie A. Luzadis, editors. 2008. Renewable energy from forest resources in the United States. Routledge: London.

Luzadis, V.A. 2008. Afteword: Prospects for the future. In: Solomon and Luzadis, eds. Renewable Energy from Forest Resources in the United States. Routledge: London.

Luzadis, V.A., T. Volk, and T. Buchholz. 2008. Using a systems approach to improve bioenergy sustainability assessment. Chapter 9 In: Solomon and Luzadis, eds. Renewable Energy from Forest Resources in the United States. Routledge: London.

Volk, T. and V. A.. Luzadis. 2008. Willow Biomass Production for Bioenergy, Biofuels and Bioproducts in New York. Chapter 11 In: Solomon and Luzadis, eds. Renewable Energy from Forest Resources in the United States. Routledge: London.

Castello, L., J.P. Viana, G. Watkins, M. Pinedo-Vazquez, and V.A. Luzadis. 2008. Integrating small-scale fishers in management: the case of piraracu in Mamirauá, Amazon. Environmental Management. In Press.

Buchholz, T., T. Volk, and V.A. Luzadis. 2007. A participatory systems approach to modelling social, economic, and ecological components of bioenergy. Energy Policy 35:6084-6094.

Buchholz, T., E. Rametsteiner, T. A. Volk, V. A. Luzadis. 2008. Multi criteria analysis for bioenergy systems assessments. Energy Policy. In Press.

Buchholz, T., T. Volk, and V.A. Luzadis. 2008. Results from an expert survey on sustainability criteria for bioenergy systems. Journal of Cleaner Production. Accepted in revision.

Amos Kojo Quaye, A.K., C.A.S. Hall and V.A. Luzadis. 2008. Agricultural Land Use Efficiency and Food Crop Production in Ghana. Society and Natural Resources. Accepted in revision.

Schindehutte, M. and V.A. Luzadis. 2008. Sustainability science and entrepreneurship: Toward a new paradigm for planetary stewardship. Journal of Business Venturing. Under review.

Franco, C.B., and V.A. Luzadis. 2008. The effects of economic growth-based policies on social well-being in the Dominican Republic. World Development. Under review.

Luzadis, V.A., L. Castello, J. Choi, C.B. Franco, E. Greenfield, S. Kim, J. Munsell, E. Nordman, F. Olowabi. 2008. The Science of Ecological Economics: A Preliminary Content Analysis of Ecological Economics, 1989-2004. Invited for submission to Year in Ecological Economics.

Parrish, B. D., V.A. Luzadis, and W.R. Bentley. 2005. "What Tanzanian Coffee Farmers Can Teach the World: A Results-based Look at the Fair Trade - Free Trade Debate." Sustainable Development, 13(3): 177-189.